Dealing with a common NHS itch: Developing an Information for Patients service from scratch Stuart Glover, Library Services Manager Hannah Beckitt , Patient Information Librarian University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust SG
Believe: you can be the solution Wait: for someone to help you See: a clear need Believe: you can be the solution Wait: for someone to help you SG
Believe: you can be the solution Wait: for someone to help you See: a clear need Believe: you can be the solution Wait: for someone to help you Create: your own opportunity Work: hard SG
Amnesty/ Audit – 26% ‘in-date’ Listening into Action How big is the problem? Amnesty/ Audit – 26% ‘in-date’ Listening into Action HB
Listening into Action feedback Patients Want to be able to contact someone for more information Feel we don’t communicate well with them We use too much medical terminology Out of date leaflets Staff Lack time & support Feel it is not a Trust priority No central IT system for managing/ storing/ updating HB
Evidence-based ‘Information for Patients’ that is: easy to produce, easy to understand and easy to find HB
New policy and templates Streamlined approval process Staff training Easy to Produce New policy and templates Streamlined approval process Staff training HB
Easy to Understand Health Literacy Patient feedback and involvement For 43 % of adults in England health information is too complex (Rowlands, 2015) The cost of low health literacy is estimated to be 3-5% of the total NHS budget (Eichler, Wieser & Brügger (2009) Patient feedback and involvement Contact details on all leaflets HB
Easy to Find Public-facing online store of leaflets ‘YourHealth’ Properly catalogued, actively managed & archived Staff time - to ensure content is available to populate the leaflet library HB
Where are we now? Listening into Action completed Developing a network of Patient Information leads Governance within each service YourHealth - new online store of leaflets due to launch this month HB
Where are we going? Comprehensive single store of up-to-date leaflets, accessible for all Literature searching for patients Signposting patients to high quality information – clinician referrals Working with other organisations (Reading Well Books on Prescription) Health Information Week #HIW2018 HB
Was it worth it? Yes Political wins Demonstration of our skills Proof that we care about such issues Show we are willing to invest in ourselves Build on this in the future SG
Questions SG/ HB
Summary Desire to develop services See a need Make a vision Align with main drivers Take a gamble SG